Covid-19: Councillor, brother allegedly attacked over free ration distribution

Surinder Bhardwaj

Fatehgarh Sahib, April 12

Congress councillor Sunder Lal from Ward Number 5 of Municipal Council, Sirhind, and his brother Rajeshwar Parsad were allegedly beaten up by people for “not giving them free ration” sent by the state government for distribution in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

The brother of the councillor has been admitted in civil hospital at Fatehgarh Sahib.

On the complaint of Sunder Lal, an FIR has been registered against Munish Kumar, Jassi, Mona, Saroj, Chinda and Varinder Singh. No arrest has been made so for.

In the FIR, the councillor has alleged that he was preparing lists of needy people for distribution of free ration, when these people allegedly stopped his motorcycle and alleged that he was not giving them the rations sent by the government.

Sunder Lal said he told them their names figure in the list whenever he will receive the consignment, he will distribute rations among them. But they did not listen to him and accused him of having received the consignment and not giving it to them deliberately.

Sunder Lal said, in the meantime, his brother and the latter’s daughter came there along with other family members, but the alleged attackers continued to hackle him. “They slapped my niece and attacked my brother who started bleeding and was taken to hospital,” Sunder Lal alleged.